Rebel’s view of things

(Last blog, as I’m off line, till 28th Dec)

The changers, the rebels, are fighting against a HUGE popular trend. They need fuel to be solo fliers who are trying to be conscious of what they do. Good food yes, but other fuels too. We might start by dropping bad habits and replacing them with better ones, and maybe, after that, get used to flying on auto pilot, make flying a breeze … in order to better relax into rebelling.
This deliberate act of being “more aware” might sound a bit scary at first, as if we’re losing our life-long carefree spontaneity. But somehow we have to find a way to boycott that of which we don’t approve. We need to drop our support for the 1%’ers. By questioning the 1%’er system, by increasing consciousness rather than reducing it, we can start to break free.
But it’s a mixed bag of opportunities and fears. If fear stops us from becoming vegan, that’s very unfortunate. Admittedly living a vegan lifestyle might be, initially, an uncomfortable experience. At first we need to prove to ourselves that we’re really breaking out of ‘the pit’. We have to be sure we’re not intimidated by anything, like missing our “favourite" foods or missing being just like others. By giving up the enjoyments that others “enjoy” we can, to some extent, emerge from the pit. As we leave and slough off our old skin, we’re really shuffling off the hardened element in ourselves. Thus putting behind us our ‘service’ to the world of the 1%’ers.
However (going vegan) doesn’t guarantee complete protection but by rebelling against the conspiracy of silence surrounding animal abuse in our society, we start moving towards vegan consciousness, towards being ‘the rebel’. And immediately, from that point on, we’ll be able to see the connections forming between various modes of thinking … thence to see ALL the big issues in a somewhat different way.